“I Turn Myself Inside Out” examines the body as a medium, and explores a new perspective on film photography. Students Josh Lake and Luke Evans swallowed 35mm film in a protective capsule to see how their digestive juices and enzymes would process the film. The resultant effects of the students’ digestive systems on the film were then observed under a microscope and later, blown up into astounding large-scale black and white prints. In an interview with Wired, Evans explains their creative process. 

 ”Wanting to bring something on the inside to the outside, we chose to investigate how we could use our bodies to alter materials. As the project evolved, we decided to use a material that is synonymous with image making, it was a very logical process. There is a physicality to film that we wanted to explore: the soft emulsion layer, its thickness, the way it reacts to touch and temperature. At this point we were really excited because there was absolutely no way to envision how the results would look, and that no two would be the same: would the film’s gelatin content be completely digested by enzymes? Would we ever get the film back?” (Via Wired)

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